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" But touch me, and no Minister so sore. Whoe'er offends, at some unlucky time Slides into verse, and hitches in a rhyme, Sacred to Ridicule his whole life long, And the sad burthen of some merry song. "
Works: In English Verse - Page 119
by Horace - 1767
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The Works of Horace: Translated Into English Verse, with a Life ..., Volume 2

Horace - 1881 - 420 pages
...awe * Happily translated by Pope : — ' ' Whoe'er offends, at some unlucky time Slides into verse, and hitches in a rhyme ; Sacred to ridicule his whole life long, Our adversaries. By this rule, The wolf attacks with teeth, the bull With horns. And why, but for the...
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The Cyclopędia of Practical Quotations: English and Latin, with an Appendix ...

Quotations, English - 1882 - 1434 pages
...PLATO. But touch me, and no Minister so sore, Whoe'er offends, at some unlucky time Slides into verse, and hitches in a rhyme, Sacred to Ridicule his whole life long, And the sad burthen of some merry song. r. POPE — Second Book of Horace. Satire I. Line 76. Curst be the...
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Familiar quotations [compiled] by J. Bartlett. Author's ed

Familiar quotations - 1883 - 942 pages
...69. But touch me, and no minister so sore ; Whoe'er offends at some unlucky time Slides into verse, and hitches in a rhyme, Sacred to ridicule his whole life long, And the sad burden of some merry song. Line 76. Bare the mean heart that lurks behind a star. Line 110. There...
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A Dictionary of Quotations from English and American Poets

Henry George Bohn - Quotations, English - 1883 - 782 pages
...Jesting. But touch me, and no minister so sore. Whoe'er offends, at some unlucky time Slides into verse, and hitches in a rhyme, Sacred to ridicule his whole life long, And the sad burthen of some merry soug. 4334 Pope : Satire i. Line 76. Eidicule is a weak weapon, when levelled...
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An Essay on Man: Moral Essays and Satires

Alexander Pope - 1887 - 224 pages
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The Works of ...

Alexander Pope - 1889 - 590 pages
...more : But touch me, and no minister so sore. Whoe'er offends, at some unlucky time Slides into verse, and hitches in a rhyme, Sacred to ridicule his whole life long, And the sad burden of a merry song." Here, then, is the personal motive of his Satire, plainly avowed ; and...
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The Collected Writings of Thomas De Quincey, Volume 4

Thomas De Quincey - Authors, English - 1890 - 464 pages
...• " But touch me, and no Minister so sore : Whoe'er offends at some unlucky time Slides into verse and hitches in a rhyme, Sacred to ridicule his whole life long, And the sad burthen of some merry song. " Already, it seems, in childhood he had the same irresistible instinct,...
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Poetical Quotations from Chaucer to Tennyson: With Copious ..., Volume 1873

Samuel Austin Allibone - Quotations, English - 1896 - 794 pages
...for more. YOUNG: Love of Fame. RIDICULE. Whoe'er offends at some unlucky time, Slides in a verse, or hitches in a rhyme, Sacred to ridicule his whole life long, And the sad burden of some merry song. POPE. Those who aim at ridicule Should fix upon some certain rule, Which...
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Library of the World's Best Literature: A-Z

Charles Dudley Warner, Hamilton Wright Mabie, Lucia Isabella Gilbert Runkle, George H. Warner, Edward Cornelius Towne - Anthologies - 1897 - 642 pages
...wrote, "and no minister so sore." He adds: — "Whoe'er offends, at some unlucky time Slides into verse, and hitches in a rhyme; Sacred to ridicule his whole life long, And the sad burthen of some merry song." The most singular thing about his character was, that while in his...
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